Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1887-08-05
IFARM AND HOUSEHOLD.
WHAT HORSES TO BREED.

There is little doubt that in the
breeding OF desirable class of
horses and in the gradual elimina-
ton of undesirable and unproh'
table horses, there are opportuni-
ties for profit not found in many
branches of agriculture. Just
what kind of horses to breed may
be a question, but that good horses
of any kind may be raised and
kept at as little expense as poor
ones there can be none. One may
consult his own predictions and
taste as to what he shall breed to
or for, as we'll as the market for his
produce and its value. Good draft
horses are being bred more numer-
ously perhaps than good carriage
and buggy horses, but even SO,
they all bring higher price, have
a much better market demand and
value than the poor trash which
too many farmers seem willing to
produce year after year.
In the draft horses there are the
ClydesdaIe, French Draft and
English Shire, and they are widely
distributed over the entire western
country. The French Draft or
Percherons are probably the most
numerous, the Clydesdales next,
the English Draft the least numer-
GUS OF all. The latter, however,
are very rapidly making friends as
admirably adapted to the size OF
our farm mares, hence making a
less violent cross, and producing a
size and style of horse adapted to
ordinary farm work. The Clydes
and French Draft make an excel
lent cross on our larger mares,
| from which colts Of from eleven tc
fourteen hundred pounds at three
years old may be secured. The
produce of all these is eagerly
sought after, particularly if vel
handled IN early life and cared fol
and kindly trained. They are use
full for scores of purposes in al
large cities as on the farm, and II
is seldom that they can be bought
at less that $3.50 span, and from
that up to $500, the difference de
pending on the size, color, match
style and good training.
Superior buggy horses always
| find a ready sale at excellent prices
Good blood, giving speed, style
and bottom is the grand deslder
alum here. Few wish to drive
three minute gait, but there arr
very few that would not own
three minute horse; and as oul
town and city people accumulate
means and are afforded good roads
Will the desire intensity to possess
such one we say town and city
people, but will include the farmers
and stock raisers as well, for they
toolnever like to take the dust from
a nelghbor's buggy. In the breed
ing of trOtters for buggy horses
then, there is ample room for thOs'
who have the will and the intelli
gence to make more money will
vastly less labor then by raising
corn or tobacco or wheat. Thos'
who have we'll bred mares and vii
carefully select their stations
though they may have to go a con
siderable distance and incur SOM
expense, will find that 1t pays t.
get the best, for dixie sire like son
is as true as that "like begets like.
a good buggy horse will Away
sell for from 5000 to $500 and al
extra good one for as much more
In the breeding of good saddl
horses we are more behind tina
any people on earth, and this seem
a department of breeding an
training peculiarly open to the Ell
terprise of those gifted with tn
mack or aptitude Of doing it WE'LL
1t is very rare thing to find
good saddle horse, a horse of siz
and stoutness, of good style an
gait. Here however is require
the work of skilled horseman an
a careful rider and trainer to teac
, the animal from its earliest day
{ first.class habits without shade
of a bad one. The horsemen
Kentucky make specially
saddle horses, and one that has a